Bag-holder



(No Model.)

0. -L. YATES.

BAG HOLDER.

Patentad 001;. 15, 1889.

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UNI ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

.OOLOMBIA L. YATES, OF UPPER LISLE, NEW YORK.

BAG-HOLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,822, dated October15, 1889.

Application filed June 15, 1889. Serial No. 314,381. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, COLOMBIA L. YATES, a citizen of the United States,residing at Upper Lisle, in the county of Broome and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Bag-Holder, of which the following is aspecification. I

My invention relates to improvements in bag-holders; and it consists incertain novel features hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of abag-holder embodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is avertical sectional viewof the same.

The frame of myimproved bag-holder consists of a U-shapedbar A, havingthe brackets B secured to its outer side and supported by means of thelegs C, having their upper ends pivoted to the said brackets. At itscenter and at its ends the U-shaped bar is provided with the hooks D,which are mounted in suitable vertical openings in the said bar, and arenormally projected upward by springs E, arranged around their shanksbetween the bar and the heads F of the hooks. The points of the hooksproject inward beneath the U-shaped bar, and then extend verticallyupward through the guide-loops G on the inner side of said bar. Betweenthe hooks I secure to the bar A the keepers H, which are adapted toengage over the edge of the bag, and thereby hold the mouth of the bagopen.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided abag-holder which is very simple in its construction, and it is thoughtthat its advantages will be readily appreciated. The bag to be filledhas its edge slipped under the keepers H, and is then engaged by thehooks D. The mouth of the bag will thus be held distended and the bagfirmly supported while being filled. WVhen the bag has been filled, thehooks are depressed so as to be disengaged from the bag, and the bagwill thereby be released. The springs arranged around the hooksautomatically return them to their elevated positions to support anotherbag, and the guideloops on the inner side of the frame serve as apartial support for the bag, and thereby prevent the weight of thecontents of the bag drawing the same downward on the hooks to such anextent as to tear and injure the fabric of which the bag is made.

By pivoting the supporting legs to the frame, as shown and described, Iam enabled to support the frames in a horizontal position over aninclined or uneven surface, and can fold the device into a compact formwhen not in use.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent,

1. In a bag-holder, the combination of the frame and the keepers securedon the upper side of the same and projecting inward and downwardtherefrom to engage over the upper edge of the bag, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the frame, of the h ooks mounted verticallytherein and adapted to engage the bag, and the springs arranged aroundthe shanks of the hooks between the frame and the heads of the hooks, asset forth.

3. The combination, with the frame, of the keepers secured thereto, theguideloops on the inner side thereof, the hooks mounted vertically inthe frames and having their points playing through the said guide-loops,and the springs arranged around the shanks of the hooks between theframe and the heads of the hooks, as set forth.

4:. The improved bag-holder herein described and shown, consisting ofthe U- shaped frame, the brackets secured to the outer side thereof, thesupporting-legs. pivoted to said brackets, the spring-actuated hooksmounted in the frame and adapted to engage the bag, and the keeperssecured to the frame and adapted to engage over the edge of the bag, asset forth.

5. In a bag-holder, the frame, combined with the right-angled hooksmounted therein, and the springs coiled around the body of the hooks andbearing against the frame, as set forth. 7

' 6. In a bag-holder, the frame having the guide-loops on the innerside, and the springactuated U-shaped hooks mounted in the frame andhaving their points engaging the loops, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

COLOMBIA L. YATES.

Witn esses DAVID L. MAXFIELD, CHARLES ROGERS.

